installing GUI on ubuntu server 10.4

recently i downloaded an ubuntu server 10.4 and after installing it i found out it doesn't support GUI, but i am really beginner and i need GUI, can anyone help how can i install GUI on ubuntu server?
thes are the codes i had used until now:
"startx"
it said "The program 'startx' is currently not installed.you can install it typing:
sodu apt-get install xinit "
after i typed its suggested code it asked my password and i entered my password then it said:
"reading package lists...done
building dependency tree
reading state information...done
E: couldn't find package xinit "

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First thing you'll want to do is decide which GUI you would like to use. You can use Gnome, KDE, xfce. For a server xfce is least resource intensive, leaving your server with more resources to use. Do the following for xfce:

thank you very much
it was promising, but ofter i typed the code it said
"W: failed to fetch httpe://ir.archive......gz something wicked happened
resolving 'my proxy and port number:http' (-5 - no address is associated
with hostname)

ubuntu repeated this massage several times, shall i change any thing else?

He probably does not have xserver installed either. He will likely need to
install a graphics driver for his card and the appropriate xorg files. I
have not used Ubuntu server edition so can't say for sure.

On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 08:54 -0400, fuzzymanager via ubuntu-l wrote:
>
> Posted by
> fuzzymanager (IT Manager)
> on Jul 8 at
> 8:56 AM
>
> recently i downloaded an ubuntu
> server 10.4 and after installing it
> i found out it doesn't support GUI,
> but i am really beginner and i need
> GUI, can anyone help how can i
> install GUI on ubuntu server?
> thes are the codes i had used until
> now:
> "startx"
> it said "The program 'startx' is
> currently not installed.you can
> install it typing:
> sodu apt-get install xinit "
> after i typed its suggested code it
> asked my password and i entered my
> password then it said:
> "reading package lists...done
> building dependency tree
> reading state information...done
> E: couldn't find package xinit "
>
> how can i solve my problem?
>
>
>
>

In my opinion, you will find it much easier to grab a desktop edition of
the OS and lock it down, then you will be to graft a GUI onto the server
edition. YMMV.

yeah, you have to have your system set up on a network with internet service.
figure out whether or not the server is connected to the internet by pinging something like google. if you are connected then you have a problem. The url that shows up, write it down and search it on a pc running a normal os. if it doesn't come up, then your os is outdated and you need to update your sources, this may mean searching for the file manually online using commands on the server itself. However, in contrast, if the website DOES exist, then you need to modify something about your network. this includes but is not limited to: update any and all relative drivers, looking for a more up to date server edition.
I myself am running ubuntu 10.4 and have found even it is out of date, no support for wpa-2 wi-fi encryption, i had to go out and buy 30 ft of cat5e just to get connected, e-mail me so we can up with one another to pass on tips.